Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-04
LYONS.
Our Motto is Onward and Upward
LYONS.

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city of Lyons to be positively convince
that she is on the stairway of prosperit
and we would just say right here that sh
is quite number of steps from the DO
tom. Lyons is beautifully located in th
center of Rice county, surrounded by 8
rich and productive a farm country as on
, will meet with anywhere The main beat
ty of it is the country is far ahead of tn
town, and when that is the case in the stat
of Kansas it surely means boom in tn
near future.
Lyons has an elegant system Of waite
works which affords them an abundance O
water to shower down upon the many
flower gardens that the good ladies of Ly
ons are taking so much pride and pain!
with.
A number of enterprising men have
united their interests and are building beau
tiful brick blocks on the south and wes1
side of the public square, which wher
completed will add wonderfully to the city
of Lyons. They are now excavating fol
foundations on both south and west side.
When the blocks are built twill no longer
be the dingy old corner, but will be the
star corner of the public square.
Through the kindness of Mr.. F. NJ.
Cooper, one of the genial editors of the
Daily Democrat, we were invited to take
a drive over the city, which we are
under obligations for, and which we en-
joyed very much, and by so doing found
that there has been something like three
hundred new houses built in the last nine
ty days. In fact, Lyons is building and
identifying.
The people have felt very jubilant from
the fact that they have direct connection
with Wichita over the Eagle line, which
line was named in honor of the Wichita
EAGLE; and we must say the people were
glad to hear that they would be able from
now on to get daily paper from Wichita
on day of publication.
Quite number of the mercants and citi-
Zens express themselves in this manner.
We individually want to shake hands
across sixty-five miles of as fine farming
land as lays in the state with the editor of
the EAGLE, and say to him we feel tribu-
tary to the city of Wichita and anxiously
look forward to the day when she is to be
10 - svh Id
tants.
Lyons is today a city of
about twenty-five hundred inhabitants,
made up of good, clever, enterprising set
Of people. Has two good daily papers, the
Democrat, which was established nine
years ago by Ed. W. Wood as weekly.
F. NJ. Cooper is and has been partner for
he last two years of Mr.. Wood, and today
Messrs. Wood & Cooper are getting out
weekly and daily both. The Republican,
edited by Mr. Clark Conkling, is also a
good daily and is doing much for the up
building of Lyons.
Their merchants are doing a fine business.
Mr.. c. w. Silver and partner have an
elegant general store. Mr.. Silver has
beautiful residence with large fountain in |
lis north yard.
The Occidental is the hotel of the town.
Mr.. J. W. Ross is one of those landlords
Who are Invariably in good humor, and is
,ver ready to do his guests kindness.
C. M. Rawlings, city mayor, also is very
popular as real estate dealer.
Lyons Exchange Bank, of which W. L.
Murphy is president; G. A. Dean, cashier.
dr. Dean is always ready for anything that
las enterprise in it.
Crawford s. Dupree deal in furniture,
arpets and undertaking.
Holmes s. Thompson are one of the lead
az dry goods firms and are doing large
BUSINESS. Mr. Holmes has a beautiful
arm which he is very much attached to.
1r. Thompson lives in the city in very
retty residence.
Lyons Drug Company, of which Mr..
f6rrow is the head man.
The boys of the First National look for
ard to the day when they will be comfort
IDLY located in their new brick building
n the southeast corner of the public
luare. ,
c. W. Shumway, county treasurer, has
4 elegant farm on which he lives, it is just
IT enough out to be a pleasant drive
orning and evening.
VIM. Lowrey now has the office which
as SO faithfully filed by c. NJ. Rawlings,
at of county clerk.
7. Z. Nash, register Of deeds. Mr..
ash is one of those whole-soul men who J.,
,lieves there is nothing lost in reading =
,od newspapers Mr. n. has most >
autiful residence.
E. ". Ward, of the firm of Brihkerhoff ;,
Ward, reports business lively.
J. VI. Morrow-Oh, he is one of the boys
DO is acquainted with the EAGLE, and .
rthermore Mr.. VI. tries TO make every
e who comes to Lyons and meets him :.
JOY themselves. He and the writer are
iebted to Mr.. Myres for splendid drive
hind his fine young bay stopper.
Rev. A. o. Ebright is pastor of the II. ;,
church. Mr.. E. is building himself :.
e home
Myres, Bell & Co. are wide awake real (,
ate firm. They handle insurance, farm tn
1 CITY pronerty a specially. Mr.. Myres Z